In this video I'm going to give you my honest physical therapist review of the
two local percussion massage gun. So far, this is my favorite massage gun for a variety of reasons,
which I'm going to dive into next. My name is Dr. David Middaugh. And I'm a specialist
physical therapist at El Paso manual physical therapy. And this channel is dedicated to helping
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what the what I got. And I apologize, it took off all the packaging. And I've already I've already
tossed it. So you get this case that the massage gun is in, when I open it up for you here and
we've already been putting it to use it's been a really good massage gun. This is what the gun
looks like. So it's really well built. It's got this silicone handle right here.
And here's the port where you would charge it and it's got this on and off switch here which I like
a lot. I'll tell you why here more in a moment. Then you have your touch screen right here for
operation of the device and the rest of the gun. This is where you would put in the attachments for
the gun here. And that's what I wanted to show you next. It's one of the big pros of this gun
is all the attachments that comes with I've never seen one with so many attachments.
So let me just showcase them to you here. Get them out. So you've got this weird looking one
that looks kind of like a letter Y and it's got these bumps on it. So this is supposed to go
around like your leg or, or like a big body part just like that. And then you have this
you have this chisel shaped one just like that that's really good for getting on the edge of
a tender spot. And you have this kind of curved chisel with some grooves in it.
This one that looks kind of like another letter Y but with some hard stiff knobs. These are all
stiff plastic. By the way, all the ones I've shown you so far, are pretty hard,
stiff plastic, no give, which is okay. And then here's like a pressure point one is supposed to
simulate like your thumb pressing in once you attached to the machine massage gun.
Then you've got a more rounded broadhead here, I think this is called the dampener also stiff,
then you've got this curved one right here that's got these little bumps on
there. I'm sure these all have names, I'm so sorry, I don't have the names for them.
But in all honesty, we've been using one head the most, I'll tell you, which one here in a second.
And here's this curved one that has some bumps on it. So you can kind of
move in this direction. Whereas ones that are curved the other way you they're a different
feeling because the way that you curve them is different. Then you've got this also like a thumb,
this one's I think shaped a lot more like a thumb with a hand is where your nail would be, it's got
a sharper edge to that you can use depending on how creative you get with using this massage gun.
And here's our favorite attachment. This is your soft ball. It's pretty stiff, but it's
got a little bit of give to it. So if you press into it, it's a little bit squishy, but it's not
soft by any means like where it's really squishy. And then you've got your power cable here.
So that would attach right there. On the bottom, pretty simple power cable.
And then the other thing that's in the box here is your instruction manual user manual with all
the your typical instructions, it's got all the names of the attachment heads right there,
just how to use it, which I'll show you right now is kind of a tutorial as well as it is my review
of this product. I like it a lot. So one of our big pros about this is it's pretty lightweight.
It just weighs a little over two pounds. It feels good in your hand. Once you stick an attachment on
it just it goes really well. It's also very quiet. This is the quietest massage gun that I've ever
used. So far, we've actually used more expensive massage guns that are noisier that are louder than
this one. So that's one of my preferences, especially because I might be using this on
a patient or even if I'm using it on myself for whatever reason. I I'm usually doing this while
doing something else, like maybe listening to something watching a program on TV or YouTube or
music or something or having a conversation. And I don't want to have to shout over the motor
of the percussion massage gun that I might be using. And this one let me turn it on.
So I can show you. It's not that loud. It's pretty quiet.
I don't have anything read decibels, but let me put it to its full power. Right there's
its highest setting and it's not that loud. up to a microphone. And hopefully you can still hear me
pretty well. But I can have a conversation over this. Now it does make a little bit more noise
once you put it on your body. But all of the massage guns do and it's not that bad at all,
relative to another massage gun that's a lot louder, I found that it had to raise my voice
around other massage guns. And this one, it feels just as good as the other ones as far
as the actual pressure, the percussion that is giving me that as I'm doing the massage here.
And it's not that loud, I'm not having to raise my voice, I can still kind of whisper
and it works really, really well. So this is my favorite massage is going to date as a result
of that. Now some other features about this that I really like that are pros are I like it,
the screens lit you know, especially if it's late at night, I'm kind of winding down. And I decided
want to use this. I've used some other massage guns that don't have a lit screen, it's got like
a switch or something. I don't know exactly what setting no matter where the buttons are.
And it's especially helpful since you can't really feel the buttons because the touchscreen, which I
guess is kind of a con if that's your thing. But I can see this pretty clearly. And I can know if I'm
hitting the plus the minus or the power. And I can see right here on this side is my power reading.
So I'm in 98% of the battery. And then I'm at settings zero, oops. And they're now at one and
it goes all the way up to 20 at its highest. So there's 20 different speeds on this, which
is good too, because some massage guns only have like a high and a low setting or just like four or
five speeds this week gives you 20 options to use that. So a lot of variability with this gun, which
I like you can really fine tune what you're doing. Because of all the attachments as well as the how,
how many speeds you have on this gun. I've never tested the battery on this to its full potential.
I can tell you, I think I charged this a week ago, I haven't used it much. And I'm in 99%
I just haven't had a busy week with the with the massage gun. But the lowest I've seen this go down
to is into the 80s with some decent use. Now the manufacturers website says that it lasts for hours
on the low setting. But I've never ran the thing for hours on end to see how long exactly is to
tell you the truth with all the massage guns I've never ran out of power. You know I've for the use
that I'm going to use it for, I've always been able to get it on the charger and it hasn't been
a big deal. But for this is about the going rate for most massage guns about three, four hours,
some last five or six hours. On the lower end, you'll see some guns that are just two hours.
But I've never really found battery to be a deal breaker factor. So it's not a big con for ours,
I wouldn't even say it's, it's kind of neutral. And the only cons that I could tell you right now
would be that I'd have used lighter guns. This isn't super heavy, though, I've been able to
manage just fine. But I can imagine for somebody who's really small are really, really weak,
the handle might also be kind of thick, and the gun might feel heavier to them, especially getting
in more hard to reach areas that could be a con, you might look for something that's got a thinner
handle, I've got pretty good sized hands and I can barely wrap my fingers around the handle here. But
I'm comfortable with that it feels great. In my hand, for somebody who's got really small hands,
it might it might be a little more challenging to grip. And the only other con that I could think of
was the charger cable, which isn't at all a deal breaker. I like the ones that have like a USB
ending. And then they come with a power block. That way I can have versatility because you know
in these days of mobile devices, you everything's USB powered to a block. And I kind of like that.
But it doesn't it's not a deal breaker for me because as long as I keep this in its box and it's
got its space for I don't lose it, that's just me personally. But if you have a tendency to lose
things you need that flexibility of being able to plug you know any sort of USB ending into this and
into the your block that you might charge your cell phone with or your tablet or whether other
devices you use a USB cable with, then you might look for a device that has a USB attachment. But
for me, it's not a deal breaker. So it's a minor con and just my closing thoughts on this device
if you're using this to treat yourself for some pain or some injury that you've gotten, like say
an arthritis problem a torn ligaments or cartilage or tendon of some sort, you just have to keep in
mind that this is not going to fix the problem for the long term. But this is an excellent beneficial
thing to choose to purchase in use so that you can avoid relying on pain medications and going
to the doctor for pain injections like cortisone injections. If you can free up your muscles using
this device which is highly effective, a lot more than the previous generation of massage
guns that were out there. There were more like big vibrator arms that you would put
reach to your back. You can get a lot more leverage with these. They're much more powerful.
They do cost a bit more which I think about this for $120 us I've got a link to the Amazon page
that sells these it's an affiliate link, but that if you purchase to that link you would be
supporting our channel so you can help us out. The nice thing about purchasing this through Amazon
is they do have free returns. So in the event that you get this and you just decide it's not for you,
you don't like it or doesn't work for you for whatever reason, you could return it to Amazon
and they'll refund your amount. So that's really cool. I love this as an option that you might use
instead of going to painkillers right away. If you're dealing with like a back problem,
a hip a knee problem is shoulder problem, I would have one of these in somewhere in your house,
maybe in your closet somewhere just I would purchase one of these because
if something starts to hurt, this is an excellent alternative to taking Tylenol, ibuprofen,
any sort of those non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, where it might even delay you or completely
cancel a visit to the doctor to get some sort of injection, or some prescription strength pain
medication that of course has side effects on your other organs. As long as you're not using
this in any spots that you shouldn't be using it like you know, obvious spot, the groin area, your
head, any bony areas, this is just from muscles. If you can free up those stiff muscles. With this,
you might feel better enough to get through sleep better at night to move better afterwards.
But you just have to realize this is not a good long term solution, you still have to address the
root of the problem, which might involve you doing certain exercises and getting stronger
in certain ways or moving better as well like walking better squatting, better, cycling better,
whatever activities, you do that bother you need to improve somehow. And this isn't going to
teach you how to do that. But in a pinch if you're stiff constantly every day consistently every day,
if you're in the habit already of taking pain medications, this is an excellent choice. And it
doesn't cost that much relative to all the harmful effects that you could be going through if you're
constantly taking pain medications, or if you're buying prescription strength pain medications,
it can definitely get very costly and this is definitely a more financially sound option
for you. So I hope this review was helpful and understanding how this massage going to works and
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